Mask, miniature; probably represents skull, hollowed eye sockets, carved teeth; buckskin tie. Made of cottonwood bark (fide Bill Holm).
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
May be miniature mask used at potlatches or by shamans. May be mask to go with doll of shaman (part of complete outfit) or may be toy for boys mentioned by Emmons (fide Bill Holm).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. Inverarity, Art of the Nw. Coast Indians, #67-73.